![Demurrage and Despatch Money Related to Vessel Detention, Not Freight: CESTAT Favours Vedanta [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/14/500x300_2105201-cestat-chennai-vedanta-demurrage-and-despatch-taxscan.webp "Demurrage and Despatch Money Related to Vessel Detention, Not Freight: CESTAT Favours Vedanta [Read Order]")
Demurrage and Despatch Money Related to Vessel Detention, Not Freight: CESTAT Favours Vedanta [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that demurrage and despatch money relate only to the...
![Service Tax on Renting of Immovable Property Payable Only for Normal Period: CESTAT Partly Allows Appeal [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/13/250x150_2104957-cestat-cestat-new-delhi-service-tax-service-tax-on-renting-of-immovable-property-taxscan.webp "Service Tax on Renting of Immovable Property Payable Only for Normal Period: CESTAT Partly Allows Appeal [Read Order]")
![Club’s Service Tax Exemption on Charges Collected from Members: Supreme Court to Examine Issue [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/13/250x150_2104833-supreme-court-service-tax-service-tax-exemption-clubs-service-tax-exemption-taxscan.webp "Club’s Service Tax Exemption on Charges Collected from Members: Supreme Court to Examine Issue [Read Order]")
![Service Tax Relief on Works for RDA and NRDA Townships under 2012 Notification: Supreme Court to Hear L&T’s Appeal [Read Judgement]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/13/250x150_2104815-service-tax-relief-works-rda-nrda-townships-2012-notification-supreme-court-hear-lts-appeal-taxscan.webp "Service Tax Relief on Works for RDA and NRDA Townships under 2012 Notification: Supreme Court to Hear L&T’s Appeal [Read Judgement]")
![Transfer of Title in Immovable Property by Way of Sale Excluded from Service Tax: Supreme Court [Read Judgement]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/12/250x150_2104602-supreme-court-immovable-property-service-tax-taxscan.webp "Transfer of Title in Immovable Property by Way of Sale Excluded from Service Tax: Supreme Court [Read Judgement]")
![Electricity Charges Collected by Maintenance Firm Not Taxable Under Service Tax: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/05/500x300_2102421-electricity-charges-maintenance-firm-taxable-under-service-tax-cestat-taxscan.webp "Electricity Charges Collected by Maintenance Firm Not Taxable Under Service Tax: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Non-Service of SCN: Gauhati HC Sets Aside ₹16.37 Lakh Service Tax Demand, Orders Fresh Adjudication [Read Order]
In a recent judgment, the Gauhati High Court set aside an Order-in-Original that had confirmed a service tax demand of ₹16,37,501 for the financial year 2016-17. The Court found that there was...
![Non-Service of SCN: Gauhati HC Sets Aside ₹16.37 Lakh Service Tax Demand, Orders Fresh Adjudication [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/04/500x300_2102204-fresh-adjudication-taxscan.webp "Non-Service of SCN: Gauhati HC Sets Aside ₹16.37 Lakh Service Tax Demand, Orders Fresh Adjudication [Read Order]")
No Service Tax without Proper Categorisation of Services: CESTAT Quashes Demands against HIMUDA for Vagueness and Lack of Specific Classification [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ), Chandigarh Bench, has quashed service tax demands raised against the Himachal Pradesh Housing and Urban Development Authority...
![No Service Tax without Proper Categorisation of Services: CESTAT Quashes Demands against HIMUDA for Vagueness and Lack of Specific Classification [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/31/500x300_2101286-cestat-chandigarh-himuda-service-tax-taxscan.webp "No Service Tax without Proper Categorisation of Services: CESTAT Quashes Demands against HIMUDA for Vagueness and Lack of Specific Classification [Read Order]")
No Service Tax on Reimbursable Expenses or Crane and Forklift Hire Prior to 16.05.2008: CESTAT Allows Appeal under Finance Act [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Chennai, has ruled in favour of appellant holding that reimbursable expenses and charges for crane/forklift hire cannot be included...
![No Service Tax on Reimbursable Expenses or Crane and Forklift Hire Prior to 16.05.2008: CESTAT Allows Appeal under Finance Act [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/31/500x300_2101249-service-tax-reimbursable-expenses-forklift-hire-cestat-finance-act-taxscan.webp "No Service Tax on Reimbursable Expenses or Crane and Forklift Hire Prior to 16.05.2008: CESTAT Allows Appeal under Finance Act [Read Order]")
No Service Tax on Army Housing Projects before 01. 07.2010: CESTAT Grants Partial Relief to Sub-Contractor under Finance Act [Read Order]
In a recent ruling, the Hyderabad Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) held that service tax is not leviable on the construction of residential quarters for...
![No Service Tax on Army Housing Projects before 01. 07.2010: CESTAT Grants Partial Relief to Sub-Contractor under Finance Act [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/31/500x300_2101221-service-tax-army-housing-projects-cestat-grants-partial-relief-sub-contractor-taxscan.webp "No Service Tax on Army Housing Projects before 01. 07.2010: CESTAT Grants Partial Relief to Sub-Contractor under Finance Act [Read Order]")
Rajasthan State Road Transport Corp Not Liable for Service Tax on Display of Govt Advertisements on Buses : CESTAT [Read Order]
The New Delhi Principal Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) observed that the appellant, being a government-owned transport undertaking, was not liable to pay...
![Rajasthan State Road Transport Corp Not Liable for Service Tax on Display of Govt Advertisements on Buses : CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/31/500x300_2101199-rajasthan-state-road-transport-corporation-charitable-nature-itat-taxscan.webp "Rajasthan State Road Transport Corp Not Liable for Service Tax on Display of Govt Advertisements on Buses : CESTAT [Read Order]")
Composite Works Contracts Not Taxable as ECIS: CESTAT Sets Aside ₹36 Lakh Service Tax Demand and Penalty [Read Order]
The principal bench of Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Delhi held that composite works contracts are not taxable as ECIS and the Tribunal set aside ₹36 lakh servicetax...
![Composite Works Contracts Not Taxable as ECIS: CESTAT Sets Aside ₹36 Lakh Service Tax Demand and Penalty [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/28/500x300_2100520-cestat-lakh-service-tax-demand-penalty-taxscan.webp "Composite Works Contracts Not Taxable as ECIS: CESTAT Sets Aside ₹36 Lakh Service Tax Demand and Penalty [Read Order]")